Path Of Exile 2 The Third Edict Patch Notes

Path of Exile 2 recently expanded with the launch of its third major update, The Third Edict, which introduced Act 4, new interludes, and the Rise of the Abyssal league. These additions reshaped the game’s structure by removing the older difficulty tiers and refining endgame progression, drawing a sharp increase in player activity and positive reception from the community.

With the scale of these changes, several issues surfaced, ranging from balance concerns to technical problems. Grinding Gear Games has prepared Patch 0.3.0b to address these areas, offering adjustments to boss encounters, improvements to combat mechanics, and fixes to stability problems that affected gameplay during the new league.

Path of Exile 2: The Third Edict Patch 0.3.0b Patch Notes (September 2025)

Adjustments to Abyssal League Content

The Abyssal encounters introduced in The Third Edict have been refined to provide smoother pacing and more consistent combat feedback. Several monsters have had their skills rebalanced to reduce frustration while still maintaining a meaningful threat.

• Spectre Options Expanded – Players can now raise Abyssal monsters as Spectres, opening up new minion build possibilities.
• Vessel of Kulemak Revisions – Its teleport slam attack can no longer be avoided, but the damage has been toned down. The sweeping arena cleave now has clearer visual cues and is easier to evade in the final phase.
• Map Modifier Update – The “Overrun by Abyssals” modifier spreads Abyssal Pits across a wider area, increasing encounter density.

Enemy-specific changes bring further balance:

• Strider of the Pit: Spear Slam now has a global cooldown. Their storm-tracking ability disengages if the player is far enough away.
• Abyssal Stranglers: Crystal Wall damage reduced.
• Shepherd of the Pit: Movement speed lowered, with reduced ground effect damage.
• Lightless Moray: Invulnerability visuals improved; shade explosion ignite chance and damage reduced.
• Progressive Skill Unlocks: Abyssal monsters now stagger their skill introductions across Acts 1–3 instead of having their full skill set from the start.
• Visual Effects: Motion blur when Abyssal Pits close has been removed for clearer visuals.

These changes aim to make Abyssal encounters more readable while keeping their challenge intact.

General Updates and Quality of Life

Numerous gameplay systems and campaign encounters have been adjusted to improve flow, reduce inconsistencies, and address long-standing issues.

Combat and Targeting

• Sprinting no longer forces lock-on to enemies, reducing accidental re-engagement.
• Forge Hammer recall no longer costs mana, and cannot be boosted by Warcries.
• Doedre’s Dark Design (via Doedre’s Undoing Support) now deals spell damage instead of secondary damage.

Campaign and Map Adjustments

• One-time rare monsters in the campaign lose their hidden modifiers when used as beasts or spectres.
• Maps without bosses no longer generate empty boss arenas with only rare packs.
• Boss fights with paired bosses now restart correctly if one dies before the player revives.
• Derelict Mansion boss arena no longer requires a tome to open and remains unlocked after the first attempt.
• Razed Fields boss arena can be re-entered after activation.
• The church barrier in Arastas can no longer be bypassed early.

Monster and Boss Balance

• Soul Siphoner Modifier: Reworked.
  • Inner ring: reduces outgoing damage.
  • Outer ring: reduces skill speed per skill used inside.
  • Both rings now deal physical damage over time (replacing mana drain and lightning damage).
• Torvian, Hand of the Saviour: Increased cooldowns on some skills, reduced axe projectile speed, and lowered freeze buildup under Twilight Order’s Sword buff.
• Scourge of the Skies: Bird storm skill is now unavoidable.
• Kurtog, Lord of Kin: Slam combo is now unavoidable.
• Great White One: Some skills are now unavoidable.
• Azmadi, the Faridun Prince: Triple lacerate tracking is more forgiving.
• Yama the White: Future sight telegraphing improved.
• Siora, Blade of the Mists: Players can now use portals after defeating her.
• Oswin, the Dread Warden: Clears his debuffs on death.
• Treant Foulspawns: Less likely to fire projectiles while moving.
• Quill Crabs: Projectile damage reduced.

UI and Command Enhancements

• Vendor windows now remember search text per NPC until logout.
• Instance management (Ctrl+Click) now works on the Well of Souls.
• Commands like /hideout are usable from the Well of Souls.

Skill and Description Updates

• His Foul Emergence skill now properly interacts with duration and ground effect supports.
• Lifetap Support description clarifies that it converts the full mana cost into life cost.
• Meditate description simplified without functional change.
• Infernal Cry description clarified to specify melee empowerment.
• Thunderous Leap description corrected to reflect its ability to detonate any detonatable skill.
• Updated world map icons for Tabna’s Pillar and Navali’s Rest to better reflect their benefits.

Temporary Content Adjustments

• Rogue Exiles Taua, Ulfred, Drusian, and Doran have been disabled for now.

Corrected Issues and Technical Fixes

A wide range of bugs have been addressed, from skill interactions to map progression problems.

Minion and Support Fixes

• Ancestral Spirits from Warbringer’s Answered Call now summon correctly.
• Spectres and tamed beasts no longer benefit from out-of-combat regeneration while in combat.
• Brutus’ Brain Support no longer interacts incorrectly with Starkonja’s Head.
• Frost Bomb limit now scales properly with Spell Cascade Support.
• Defy II Support now blocks all insufficient mana cases for supported attacks, not just melee.
• His Winnowing Flame’s Grisly Pyre now displays ignite consumption damage properly.

Skill Functionality

• Whirling Slash travel distance once again scales with attack speed.
• Persistent skills can now be activated while in Demon Form.
• Forge Hammer can no longer be used in unintended cases.
• Resonating Shield, Shield Wall, and Fortifying Cry shockwaves now scale with area damage modifiers.
• Ember Fusillade no longer retains extra projectiles when interrupted with Wildshards.

Weapon and Item Adjustments

• Crossbows reload correctly, including after weapon swaps.
• Twin Bow attack speed corrected to 1.1s (down from 1.2s) to align with other bows.
• Ahn’s Citadel Support is now obtainable as intended.

Map and Encounter Fixes

• Abyssal Pits with guaranteed rewards now function correctly.
• Some Map Device microtransactions no longer place players inside the device when returning.
• Final Act 4 Boss no longer spawns duplicate versions.
• Travel skills now function in Azmadi’s boss arena.
• Wayward Isle map can now be completed consistently.
• Siora and Thariel no longer retain a lingering damage reduction buff.

Additional Fixes

• Dodge rolling past enemies when partially surrounded now works correctly.
• Duplicate boss spawns in Act 4 have been removed.
• Infusion passive labels corrected: “Infusion Damage” renamed to “Principal Infusion” for clarity.

Table: Selected Adjustments at a Glance

This update focuses on refining difficulty, improving clarity, and resolving long-standing technical issues while keeping the core challenge intact.